The original Father of the Bride -- meaning the 1950 one, not the 1991 one -- had a better name for its sequel, Father's Little Dividend. But dividend has three syllables in it, and its definition doesn't denote sequel, so.... Besides which, Part II isn't a literal remake of the sequel: our Nineties-style father of the bride is about to become not only a grandfather but a new father simultaneously (without the intervention of incest, let's be clear). Steve Martin and Diane Keaton are pragmatic old pros and well-compensated good sports, and director/co-writer/husband Charles Shyer and producer/co-writer/wife Nancy Meyers put both of them, and others, through their paces with ten percent inspiration and ninety percent obligation. (To be magnanimous about it.) The whole show is so hoked-up that when plain Jane Adams arrives on delivery night as a substitute obstetrician, her warm and genuine and completely uncomedic performance comes across as a blast of fresh air. Kimberly Williams, Martin Short, Eugene Levy. (1995) — Duncan Shepherd
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